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Claus Rödel is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and has an extensive publication record in the field of medicine, with a strong focus on oncology and related medical specialties. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics primarily concentrated on cancer treatment and management.

The main areas of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad field, the subfields of study highlighted are:

  • Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research covers several key topics, including:

  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Claus Rödel has published frequently in certain venues, reflecting areas of specialization and research interest. Notable journals with multiple publications are:

  • Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Cancers
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include the following individuals:

  • Emmanouil Fokas (37 coauthored works)
  • Daniel Martin (23 coauthored works)
  • Panagiotis Balermpas (20 coauthored works)
  • Markus Diefenhardt (19 coauthored works)
  • Maximilian Fleischmann (19 coauthored works)

Some of the recent papers affiliated with Claus Rödel include:

  • ERGO2: A Prospective, Randomized Trial of Calorie-Restricted Ketogenic Diet and Fasting in Addition to Reirradiation for Malignant Glioma, 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics
  • Recent advances in (chemo-)radiation therapy for rectal cancer: a comprehensive review, 2020, Radiation Oncology
  • Progression-free survival is a suboptimal predictor for overall survival among metastatic solid tumour clinical trials, 2020, European Journal of Cancer
  • Targeted Natural Killer Cell-Based Adoptive Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Patients with NSCLC after Radiochemotherapy: A Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Short-term fasting in glioma patients: analysis of diet diaries and metabolic parameters of the ERGO2 trial, 2021, European Journal of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

    Rolf Sauer;Heinz Becker;Werner Hohenberger;Claus Rödel

  • Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

    Rolf Sauer;Torsten Liersch;Susanne Merkel;Rainer Fietkau

  • Long-term outcome in patients with a pathological complete response after chemoradiation for rectal cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

    Monique Maas;Patty J. Nelemans;Vincenzo Valentini;Prajnan Das

  • Prognostic Significance of Tumor Regression After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

    Claus Rödel;Peter Martus;Thomas Papadoupolos;Laszlo Füzesi

  • Simultaneous radiochemotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in advanced head and neck cancer: a randomized multicenter study.

    T G Wendt;G G Grabenbauer;C M Rödel;H J Thiel

  • Oxaliplatin added to fluorouracil-based preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer (the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 study): final results of the multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

    Claus Rödel;Claus Rödel;Ullrich Graeven;Rainer Fietkau;Werner Hohenberger

  • Combined-Modality Treatment and Selective Organ Preservation in Invasive Bladder Cancer: Long-Term Results

    Claus Rödel;Gerhard G. Grabenbauer;Reinhard Kühn;Thomas Papadopoulos

  • Preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil and oxaliplatin versus fluorouracil alone in locally advanced rectal cancer: initial results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 randomised phase 3 trial

    Claus Rödel;Torsten Liersch;Heinz Becker;Rainer Fietkau

  • Prognostic Value of Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Long-Term Analysis of 566 ypCR Patients

    Carlo Capirci;Vincenzo Valentini;Luca Cionini;Antonino De Paoli

  • EURECCA colorectal: Multidisciplinary management: European consensus conference colon & rectum

    Cornelis J.H. Van De Velde;Petra G. Boelens;Josep M. Borras;Jan Willem Coebergh

  • Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial

    Emmanouil Fokas;Torsten Liersch;Rainer Fietkau;Werner Hohenberger

  • Nomograms for Predicting Local Recurrence, Distant Metastases, and Overall Survival for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer on the Basis of European Randomized Clinical Trials

    Vincenzo Valentini;Ruud G.P.M. Van Stiphout;Guido Lammering;Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

  • Randomized Phase II Trial of Chemoradiotherapy Plus Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy as Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: CAO/ARO/AIO-12

    Emmanouil Fokas;Michael Allgäuer;Bülent Polat;Gunther Klautke

  • Corrections to “Rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up”

    R. Glynne-Jones;L. Wyrwicz;E. Tiret;G. Brown

  • [Update S3-guideline "colorectal cancer" 2008].

    W. Schmiegel;A. Reinacher-Schick;D. Arnold;U. Graeven

  • Survivin as a radioresistance factor, and prognostic and therapeutic target for radiotherapy in rectal cancer.

    Franz Rödel;Jörg Hoffmann;Luitpold Distel;Martin Herrmann

  • Critical analysis of bladder sparing with trimodal therapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer : a systematic review

    Guillaume Ploussard;Siamak Daneshmand;Jason A. Efstathiou;Harry W. Herr

  • Phase I/II Trial of Capecitabine, Oxaliplatin, and Radiation for Rectal Cancer

    Claus Rödel;Gerhard. G. Grabenbauer;Thomas Papadopoulos;Werner Hohenberger

  • Multicentre analysis of oncological and survival outcomes following anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery.

    M. den Dulk;C. A. M. Marijnen;L. Collette;H. Putter

  • Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes predict response to definitive chemoradiotherapy in head and neck cancer.

    Panagiotis Balermpas;Yvonne Michel;Jens Wagenblast;Oliver Seitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Sauer
Rolf Sauer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Franz Rödel
Franz Rödel Goethe University Frankfurt
Rainer Fietkau
Rainer Fietkau University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Werner Hohenberger
Werner Hohenberger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claus Belka
Claus Belka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jürgen Debus
Jürgen Debus University Hospital Heidelberg
Amir Abdollahi
Amir Abdollahi National Center for Tumor Diseases
Bruce D. Minsky
Bruce D. Minsky The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Peter Martus
Peter Martus University of Tübingen
Arndt Hartmann
Arndt Hartmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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